Hair curler



Jun 24, 1947. v 5. A. BRoYLEs HAIR CURLER Filed March 7, 1946 ril `Inventor Grace A. rodvies- By QM 9 nap WWWW Patented June 24, 1947UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HAIR CURLER Grace A. Broyles, Kenosha, Wis.

Application March '7, 1946, Serial No. 652,655

Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements and structuralrefinements in hair curlers, and the principal object of the inventionis to provide a device of the character herein described, in which thehair is wound upon a novel structure of flexible straps and resilientstrips, the same being bent upon one another and releasably secured bysnap-on fasteners, for the purpose of securely holding and curling thehair.

A further object of the invention is to provide a curler which, byvirtue of the construction outlined in the preceding paragraph, issimple and eiective in operation, pleasing in appearance, andcomfortable in use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a curler in which the useof hinges, attachments, or the like, is eliminated and in which thepossibility of the hair becoming tangled or caught in the curler isentirely avoided. Furthermore, there are no metal edges or sharpextremities such as are frequently found in curlers of conventionaldesign, which tend to cut or otherwise injure the hair.

A further object of the invention is to provide a curler which may bereadily applied to or removed from the hair, yet which, when onceapplied, will remain in position for considerable periods of time,without any adjustment being necessary to safeguard the efliciency andthe satisfactory functioning thereof.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a curler which isapplicable with equal efficiency to both thin and heavy strands of hair.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hair curler which issimple in construction and which will readily lend itself to economicalmanufacture,

An additional object of the invention is to provide a curler whichcannot easily become damaged.

With the above more important objects in view, and such other objects asmay become apparent as this specification proceeds, the inventionconsists essentially of the arrangement and construction of parts asillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention, showing the same in theopen position;

Figure 2 is a further perspective View, showing the same partiallyclosed;

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view, taken in the plane of the line 3-3in Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a cross sectional View, taken in the plane of the line 4--4in Fig.` 3, and

p teria] possessing suitable frictional qualities.

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view, taken in the plane of the line 5-5 inFigure 1.

Like characters of reference are used to designate ike parts in thespecification and throughout the several views.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the inventionconsists of a ilexible strap designated generally by the referencecharacter I0, the same comprising a length of bendable wire forming anelongated frame II.

This frame is positioned in a covering of suitable material such asfabric, or preferably, as shown in the drawings, by a covering of kidleather I2. Suitable packing material such as the cotton I3 is placedaround the frame II and the covering I2 is suitably closed by the linesof stitching I4.

A resilient strip I5 is secured to one side of the strap I0 by thestitch lines I5, this strip being formed from rubber or similar otherma- A portion I1 of the strip I5 extends beyond the adjacent end of thestrap Ill and a resilient reinforcing element, such as a length offlexible wire I8, is provided on this extended portion, in order toprevent the same from ceiling or otherwise losing its substantially fiatcharacter. It should be noted that the wire I8 may be attached to theportion I'I in any suitable manner, such as is exemplified in theaccompanying drawings by the detents I9.

A pair of coacting snap-on fasteners 20, 2l are provided adjacent theends of the strap IU and a further pair of coacting fasteners 22, 23 arepositioned adjacent the extended end of the portion I1 and medially thelength of the strip I 5, respectively. It should be noted the fastener23 extends through the strap I0 as well as the strip I5, as is bestillustrated in the accompanying Figure 3.

When the invention is placed in use, the device is opened as shown inFigure 1, whereupon a strand of hair may be wound upon the portion ofthe curler between the fastener 23 and the bend 24 in the strap I5. Theportion I'I is now folded over the hair as is best shown in Figure 2,and the fasteners 22, 23 are engaged.

Thereupon, the curler as a whole is doubled in order that the fastener20 may engage the fastener 2| and it will be noted that the hair willthus be firmly and securely held while setting.

The curlerrmay be readily removed from the hair by simply reversing theoperations above set forth and while only the general manner of securingthe hair in the curler has been above described, it should be understoodthat the hair may be arranged in various formations and strands, such aswould curl the hair in long or short Waves, in the croquignole curl, orthe like.

Alternatively. the extended portion I1 may be used oily for clamping theends of the hair, whereupon the fasteners 22, 23 may be engaged and thestrand wound upon the curler as shown in Figure 2,n before the fasteners2U, 2l are corinected. However, it is presumed that the variousapplications of the curler will readily present themselves when the sameis placed in use and accordingly, further explanation thereof isoonsidered unnecessary.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredembodiment of this invention it is to lbe understood that minor changesin the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts maybe resorted to Without departing from the spirit and scope of the7invention as claimed- What I Claim as my invention is-:

l. A hai-r Curie-r comprising in combination, a flexible strap and aresilient strip secured thereto, said strip extending 'beyond one enelof said strap, releasable means for fastening the exe tended end of saidstrip to mediall'y the length of the saine,- and further releasabl'emeans for securing together the ends of saidstrap.

2. A hair curler comprising in combination, a flexible strap and aresilient strip secured to one side thereof, a portion of said stripextending beyond the adjacent end of said strap, coacting snap-onfasteners medially the length of said strip and adjacent the extendedend thereof, and further coacting' snap-on fasteners adjacent the endsof said strap.

3. The device as defined in claim 2, in which s aidexilole strapcomprises in combination, a flexible wire forming an elongated frame,covern ing material on said frame, and padding inside of said coveringmaterial.

42 The device as defined in claim 2 together With a resilientreinforcing element on the extended portion of said strip.

5. A hair curler comprising in combination, a strap comprising a exibleWire forming an elongated frame, covering material on said frame, andpadding inside of said covering material, a rubber str-ip secured to oneside of said strap, a portion of said vstripl extending beyond thevadjacent end of said strap, a resi-lient reinforcing ele merit on theextended portion of said strip, coactiig; snap-ori fasteners medi-allythe length of said- 'stiip and adjacent the extended er'idy theren of,and further enacting snap-on fasteners adjad Gel-it thel ends of saidstrapa- GRAC'E A. BROYLE'S.

